Hope College is teaming up with Van Andel Institute and Purple Community this fall to raise support and funds for cancer and neurodegenerative disease research.
The Flying Dutchmen are hosting a Purple Community Game on Saturday, September 16
at Ray & Sue Smith Stadium against Lakeland, Wisconsin. Kickoff is 1:30 p.m.
Hope will wear purple jerseys and play in honor of loved ones and friends impacted
by cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
Additional details and ways to support Hope’s Purple Community efforts will be announced
in August.
Fans are encouraged to wear purple to the Hope Football Purple Community Game football
game.
All proceeds from the Hope Football Purple Community Game will benefit Purple Community
and help underwrite a summer internship for a Hope College student at Van Andel Institute
in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
This summer, Philip Versluis, a junior majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology,
is interning at Van Andel Institute. He is being mentored by Dr. Scott Rothbart, an
Assistant Professor in the Van Andel Institute’s Center for Epigenetics.
Van Andel Institute employs more than 330 scientists, educators and staff working
to accomplish the mission of improving the health and enhance the lives of current
and future generations.
Van Andel Institute scientists are making discoveries and collaborating with scientists
and research institutions around the world to move promising therapies into clinical
trials. Van Andel Institute also has programs designed to enhance science education
across all ages.
Purple Community is Van Andel Institute’s grassroots community awareness and fundraising
program.